diff --git a/charts/standard-application-stack/CHANGELOG.md b/charts/standard-application-stack/CHANGELOG.md
index d2a661a7..35f09abf 100644
--- a/charts/standard-application-stack/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/charts/standard-application-stack/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [v6.1.1] - 2024-03-05
+### Fixed
+- Disabled /external-health-check annotations for API endpoints.
+
 ## [v6.1.0] - 2024-03-05
 ### Added
 - Added support for the API gateway.
diff --git a/charts/standard-application-stack/Chart.yaml b/charts/standard-application-stack/Chart.yaml
index 59ea2d1d..559baa68 100644
--- a/charts/standard-application-stack/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/standard-application-stack/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 6.1.0
+version: 6.1.1
 
 dependencies:
   - name: redis
diff --git a/charts/standard-application-stack/README.md b/charts/standard-application-stack/README.md
index ef02f9c7..62234d1e 100644
--- a/charts/standard-application-stack/README.md
+++ b/charts/standard-application-stack/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # standard-application-stack
 
-![Version: 6.1.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-6.1.0-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 6.1.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-6.1.1-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 A generic chart to support most common application requirements
 
diff --git a/charts/standard-application-stack/templates/ingress.yaml b/charts/standard-application-stack/templates/ingress.yaml
index f96c8618..988c7467 100644
--- a/charts/standard-application-stack/templates/ingress.yaml
+++ b/charts/standard-application-stack/templates/ingress.yaml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ metadata:
       {{- include "mintel_common.ingress.alb_annotations" $albData | nindent 4 }}
     {{- end }}
 
-    {{- if (and .blackbox .blackbox.enabled) }}
+    {{- if and .blackbox .blackbox.enabled (ne .alb.scheme "api") }}
     prometheus.io/probe: "true"
     prometheus.io/probepath: {{ .blackbox.probePath }}
     prometheus.io/probescheme: {{ .blackbox.probeScheme }}